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Keneshia Grant (She/Her)

Associate Professor

keneshia.grant@Howard.edu
CV
https://www.keneshiagrant.com

Department/Office

  • Political Science

School/College

  • College of Arts & Sciences

Biography

Keneshia Grant, PhD is an associate professor of political science at Howard University. She studies the political impact of Black migration in the United States and her research focus is the political impact of Black migration from 1915 to the present. Keneshia is author of The Great Migration and the Democratic Party: Black Voters and the Realignment of American Politics in the 20th Century (Temple University Press, 2020), which describes Black Americans’ movement into the Democratic Party in the 20th century as a function of their migration to northern cities. Keneshia’s current work questions how return migration, gentrification, and displacement affect civic engagement among Black populations in cities and inner-ring suburbs. Keneshia is a regular media contributor, frequently quoted in national print news outlets and appearing on MSNBC and the Canadian Broadcast Corporation. She is a proud graduate of Florida A&M University and earned her PhD in political science at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.

Education & Expertise

Education

Political Science, American Politics & Public Administration

Ph.D.
Syracuse University
2014

Public Administration

MASS
Florida A&M University (FAMU)
2006

B.S.

Political Science
Florida A&M University
2005

Expertise

American Politics

Academics

Academics

POLS011- American State & Local Government

Course Description:Comparison and analysis of government organization and operations, intergovernmental relations, political participation, policies, and fiscal management.Course Goals:Make students thoughtful and critical consumers of news and information about politics, especially at the state and local levels.Make students aware of their roles and responsibilities as participants in the American electorate.

Research

Research

Specialty

American politics, Black politics, politics and migration

Accomplishments

Accomplishments

2021 W.E.B. DuBois Distinguished Book Award, National Conference of Black Political Scientists

2019 Outstanding Assistant Professor

Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences, Howard University.

2019 Historically Black College/University Female Professor of the Year

HBCU Digest

2018 Summer Fellowship for Pre-Tenure Junior Faculty, Howard University ($15,000)

Competitive university fellowship awarded by the Office of the Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Studies to Assistant Professors in the year before their tenure.

2016 Summer Fellowship for Junior Faculty, Howard University ($10,000)

Competitive university fellowship awarded annually by the Office of the Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Studies to launch programs or finish a project involving their research.

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